libUIOHook: Cross-platform keyboard and mouse hooking from userland.
December 30, 2025 ยท View on GitHub
Note
This is a fork of libuiohook that exists solely for the needs of SharpHook. It is not intended for general-purpose usage that's not related to SharpHook.
Compiling
Prerequisites:
- cmake
- gcc, clang or msvc
- x11 dependencies:
- libx11-dev
- libxtst-dev
- libxt-dev
- libxinerama-dev
- libx11-xcb-dev
- libxkbcommon-dev
- libxkbcommon-x11-dev
- libxkbfile-dev
$ git clone https://github.com/kwhat/libuiohook
$ cd libuiohook
$ mkdir build && cd build
$ cmake -S .. -D BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -D BUILD_DEMO=ON -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=../dist
$ cmake --build . --parallel 2 --target install
Configuration
| option | description | default | |
|---|---|---|---|
| all | BUILD_DEMO:BOOL | demo applications | OFF |
| BUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL | shared library | ON | |
| ENABLE_TEST:BOOL | testing | OFF | |
| USE_EPOCH_TIME:BOOL | unix epch event times | OFF | |
| OSX | USE_APPLICATION_SERVICES:BOOL | framework | ON |
| USE_IOKIT:BOOL | framework | ON | |
| USE_APPKIT:BOOL | obj-c api | ON | |
| Win32 | |||
| Linux | USE_EVDEV:BOOL | generic input driver | ON |
| *nix | USE_XF86MISC:BOOL | xfree86-misc extension | OFF |
| USE_XINERAMA:BOOL | xinerama library | ON | |
| USE_XRANDR:BOOL | xrandt extension | OFF | |
| USE_XT:BOOL | x toolkit extension | ON |
Usage
- Hook Demo
- Async Hook Demo
- Event Post Demo
- Properties Demo
- Public Interface
- Please see the man pages for function documentation.